Welcome to One-Cup Stories!
Dear friends,
I'm happy you came across my website. "One-Cup Stories" is a series of short tales – just enough time to drink a cup of tea or coffee – created to stimulate your mind and ignite your imagination. Developed with intentional twists at the end, each story serves as a good reminder things aren't always as they appear. I hope they bring enjoyment to your soul as they did to mine when I wrote them. I would love for you to take your time reading, maybe one story at a time, so you have a chance to day dream yourself.
Beautiful journey to you!
Featured Story
 AirborneWe had been preparing for this flight for a long time. Everybody arrived from different places, some from afar. Finally together all in one place, our dense crowd took off. As we flew overhead, we watched plains and woods, prairies and rivers float underneath us. It seemed like the nature itself greeted us. During the flight I overheard my neighbors talking. They were discussing the future and the meaning of life. One of them was convinced that if we returned to the plains, we could be more useful there. Another dreamt of ending up in the ocean so that he could merge into its boundless waves. I really did not care to speculate; it was my first flight, and I wanted to enjoy it. Instead I was contemplating the inviting silkiness of the field and green trees on the hills below. My neighbors kept arguing, almost fighting, when suddenly the commander gave an order to jump. All of us rushed down the aisle out the exit. We were falling from vertiginous heights. At first, I couldn’t see anything. The wind was beating in my face, and everything was whirling before my eyes. As I spiraled down, I could only make out a couple of houses and a bunch of boys pointing their fingers at us and impatiently jumping around. A gust of wind took me away, and I saw the trees and their branches stretching towards us in excitement. I was suddenly filled up with delight, my body elongated. The wind was tackling me as I was gaining speed. Now I could distinguish the leaves sparkling in the rays of the warm May sun. This is when I heard a sound, as if somebody was clapping their hands, and I fell on a flower petal with a loud splash. It was over. I was happy. In the morning, a little hedgehog came out of its hole, licked a drop of rain from the petal, and gratefully looked up toward the sky. |
I would like to offer you two collections - Collection 1 (Day Dream) and
Collection 2 (Sentimental); each consists of 12 stories.
Collection 1• Airborne |
Collection 2• Everlasting Love |
Stories are available in pdf, Word doc, and html formats.
If you'd like to download any of the stories from One-Cup Stories, please click on the button below.
Collection 1 |
Collection 2 |
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Answers to some of your questions...
Dear Friends,
Many of you have asked if more collections are coming. Yes, they are! :) Continue to check back for newly added collections. Thank you for your interest.
Where it all began...
Some years ago I took an unbelievable design class that really changed my life. The most impressionable assignment asked me to choose an object, describe it quite literally as I perceived it then, and then reevaluate this object again but as if I were a little child seeing it for the first time without any previous history or knowledge. This "Day Dream Assignment" required us to share an experience of that object at second glance with our peers. This class is what inspired me to write two of my very first stories: "Magic Flower" and "The Legend of the Earth".
I fell in love with such writing and, from time to time, started recording my observations, thoughts, dreams, and recollections on paper. There's nothing like getting wrapped up in a good day dream.
If you believe it would be nice to have these stories published as a paper book, please leave a comment in our contact area.